Have you ever wondered if you should make your own tack or not? Then hop over to my website and pull up the "Hobby Information" page. From there, you can pull...
Melody D. Snow
melsnow@xxxx.xxxx
Jan 13, 1999 1:28 pm
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... Of course that counts! At least, that's how I started, though I quickly shifted over to beading. It was prettier. ... Melody D. Snow -- melsnow@... ...
Melody D. Snow
melsnow@xxxx.xxxx
Jan 13, 1999 1:24 pm
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You people are trying to make do with ONLY 1 pair? EEK! I use around 4. I've got the big shears from Tandy that I only use on leather. Of course, this pair...
Melody D. Snow
melsnow@xxxx.xxxx
Jan 13, 1999 1:22 pm
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Wow! Our own tack discussion list. This is definitely something we've needed as it really helps get out ideas. When I was doing "Tacky Subjects" for...
Melody D. Snow
melsnow@xxxx.xxxx
Jan 13, 1999 1:16 pm
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... Ditto! Anyone that thinks that 1 book is going to make them as good as tackmakers with around 20 years experience really needs an eye-opening experience...
Melody D. Snow
melsnow@...
Jan 13, 1999 1:06 pm
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Michelle Masters wrote:At any rate, the only part I don't like about making tack (we're talking ... You can clean up some of that irregularity by rubbing down...
Melody D. Snow
melsnow@...
Jan 13, 1999 1:02 pm
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I'm putting the final polishes on a nearly 1500 word book review of Susan Bensema Young's Tack Guide. It will be published in the April/May 1999 issue of...
Melody D. Snow
melsnow@...
Jan 13, 1999 12:58 pm
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Hi. OK.. My turn. I am Betty JOH Graham. Known to many of my chat room freinds as JOH. I have had since I was a teen, this was before I found models, a wish...
betty graham
lilsadle@...
Jan 13, 1999 12:28 pm
22
... I wish I could just get the patterns! We have enough leather and such roaming around this house to make 2 real western saddles! With some left over... heh!...
Erin Smith
lady_neeva@...
Jan 13, 1999 7:26 am
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Usually, I have a bridle and a halter pattern from Rio Rondo that a friend gave me. They have it set up so that you can do a measurement and fit according to...
Branstetter
firekeep@...
Jan 13, 1999 4:45 am
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Hi! My name is Jackie and I have been collecting models since 1981. I tooka break from the hobby (school/college) in 1989. I just got back in this past ...
Monty Bludworth
mblud@...
Jan 13, 1999 12:50 am
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Hello fellow tack-makers! I am so pleased that this list was started up, as I love making tack, and definatly want to learn just as much as possible. I am...
Summer Brons
customsbysummer@...
Jan 13, 1999 12:24 am
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... Ah ha! Therein lies the problem -- no graceful lines and edges here ;) Straight cuts aren't so bad (like those for the girths), since I can use a metal...
Michelle Masters
kalipso@...
Jan 13, 1999 12:16 am
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I made tack very sporadically, usually when I want something in particular and can't find it for sale anywhere ;) Let's see, I've made a SM size draft...
Ben and Melody Sutphin
bjsmms@xxxxx.xxxx
Jan 12, 1999 10:19 pm
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Since everyone else is posting intros... I guess I'll add to the parade! I've never made a single bit of tack in my life (unless you count yarn halters on my...
Erin Smith
lady_neeva@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 12, 1999 9:30 pm
15
... Hmmmm. Why does this sound familiar? (And gee, imagine that, Michelle's here! hee!) Anyways, It's not so much a short attention span on my part but not...
Peri Riggins
peri@xxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 12, 1999 8:44 pm
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A good pair of scissors to invest in is made by Kai. They have right and left handed versions. They run about $25 a pair and can be completely taken apart...
Branstetter
firekeep@xxx.xxxx
Jan 12, 1999 7:54 pm
13
... out ... -- ... well, in my experience, saddles will be made or "broke" on your cutting job... a cheesey cutting job cannot be covered over with fancy...
Michelle McKenney
michelle@xxxxx.xx.xxxx
Jan 12, 1999 7:53 pm
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Here's Sue's e-mail addy: SBYTSII@... I have the book, and it covers a great many different tack subjects, from halters to English and Western bridles,...
Michelle McKenney
michelle@xxxxx.xx.xxxx
Jan 12, 1999 7:37 pm
11
... wondering if someone could recommend one? I'd love to see some reviews of what is available... ... I'd love to see what people think of the new Susan...
Michelle Masters
kalipso@xx.xxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 12, 1999 7:39 pm
10
... I've got a short attention span -- there are so many things that I wanted to try doing in the hobby (and have tried most of them, actually) that I bounced...
Michelle Masters
kalipso@xx.xxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 12, 1999 7:37 pm
9
Yes, SBY came out with a tack book it was something like $55. I have the info in my files on it. Joan...
Branstetter
firekeep@xxx.xxxx
Jan 12, 1999 7:29 pm
8
... Wasn't Sue Bensema coming out (or came out) with a new tack making book? I need to write her and ask! Cheryl "cowpie" Mundee...
Cheryl Mundee
flopears@xxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 12, 1999 7:14 pm
7
I have subbed to this list so that I may get a better understanding of what will be needed for making tack. I have always been good in about any artsy type...
Branstetter
firekeep@xxx.xxxx
Jan 12, 1999 6:46 pm
6
I'm thinking of buying a new book on model horse tack making and was wondering if someone could recommend one? I'd love to see some reviews of what is...
Ben and Melody Sutphin
bjsmms@xxxxx.xxxx
Jan 12, 1999 7:13 pm
5
... Hello! When I first started in this hobby, I made cavalry, australian, packharness, armor and other types like that. My work was made from drawings,...
Cheryl Mundee
flopears@xxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 12, 1999 6:41 pm
4
Yea! Our first post=-I'm so excited! ... I have that same problem. Part of it is related to a full-time job, but I think part is related to the fact that I...
M.L. Stark Hinkle, Sp...
ML.Hinkle@xxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 12, 1999 6:00 pm
3
At last a place to talk to others that love making tack. And to get want to get better at it. I make western saddles and parade sets. I am a bit slow at...
betty graham
lilsadle@xxxx.xxxx
Jan 12, 1999 7:48 pm
2
Welcome again to all our subscribers! We now have over 21 members to this new list-and I hope were in for a wonderful discussion of tack, props and all things...
M.L. Stark Hinkle, Sp...
ML.Hinkle@xxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 12, 1999 4:50 pm
1
The reason I got into this list is because I used to make all kinds of "unique" tack and am thinking of getting back into it. I would also like to do some...
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